The U.S. has also previously criticized alleged human rights violations in Afghanistan, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela. While the "human rights reports describe abuses in all these nations, the level of detail has been reduced" under the Trump administration's guidelines, said The Washington Post.

The State Department is out Monday with its long-delayed annual Human Rights Report, and this year's edition looks much different than previous installations. The report, an annual U.S. government account of human rights conditions in countries around the globe, typically comes out in February or March.

Required by Congress, the reports no longer single out things like rigged elections or sexual violence against children as human rights violations.

Lawmakers and activists in Europe and the United States are scrambling to stop the State Department from destroying nearly $10 million worth of contraceptives funded by the United States Agency

The department specifically named Mozart Julio Tabosa Sales and Alberto Kleiman, who worked in Brazil’s Ministry of Health during the controversial Mais Médicos program, which started in 2013.

EMBASSY OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA Chancery: 1725 N STREET, NW, 20036 (EMBASSY: 202-223-4383) (FAX: 202-223-4391) HIS EXCELLENCY AKILLINO HARRIS SUSAIA MS. MIHPEL SUSAIA

A "Level 3" advisory, which is the second-highest that can be issued, asks Americans to "reconsider" travel to a particular country or area, in this case the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Crime and civil unrest are the reasons for the new warning.

During today's U.S. State Department press briefing, spokesperson Tammy Bruce was grilled by a reporter over the United States' relationship with India and Pakistan. Bruce stated, "That's a good thing.